306 cards|166 creatures|avg mv 3.28

Every removal spell by color and cost, and what N damage kills

Star Trek MTG Removal Guide: Every Removal Spell by Color

Star Trek has 45 removal spells across 306 cards, 15 at common and 14 at instant speed. Red has the most with 12, then black with 10; green has 4. 3 damage kills 75% of the set’s creatures, 7 points above recent sets, and 25% have toughness 4 or more. Below, every removal spell and the share of creatures it answers at each mana value.

All colors

0 mana2

×2 damage

×destroy

1 mana5

×3 damage

×freeze

×X damage

×4 damage

×destroy artifact or enchantment

2 mana11

×exile

×destroy

×bounce

×−0 toughness

×−2 toughness

×destroy

×1 damage

×destroy artifact

×3 damage

×fight

×2 damage

3 mana12

×exile until it leaves

×exile

×bounce

×−2 toughness

×−1 toughness

×destroy

×unclassified

×3 damage

×4 damage

×fight

×sacrifice artifact

×destroy artifact or enchantment

4 mana5

×destroy

×tuck

×bounce

×destroy

×2 damage

5 mana7

×X damage

×bounce

×edict

×−X toughness

×6 damage

×1 damage

×unclassified

6+ mana3

×−4 toughness

×exile

×destroy

all creaturescommonuncommonrare & mythicreference: mean of 10 other sets

Cost	Speed	Shape	1	2	3	4	5	6+	All
	instant	3 damage · attacking only	100	98	92	67	35	13	75%
	sorcery	exile	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
	sorcery	destroy · power ≥ 4	0	0	6	21	76	88	22%
	on entering	exile until it leaves · opponent's only	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
	saga	exile · nontoken	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
	on entering	destroy · tapped only · opponent's only	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
	instant	X damage · attacking or blocking only · opponent's only	depends on the board
	aura	freeze	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
	sorcery	bounce · opponent's only	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
	sorcery	bounce · MV ≤ 3 · opponent's only	100	100	100	0	0	0	60%
	instant	tuck	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
	instant	bounce · MV ≤ 2	100	100	0	0	0	0	30%
	on entering	bounce · opponent's only	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
	aura	−0 toughness	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	instant	−2 toughness · additional cost	100	85	49	18	6	6	46%
	sorcery	destroy · non-Artifact	50	78	84	85	76	81	79%
	on entering	−2 toughness · opponent's only	100	85	49	18	6	6	46%
	sorcery	−1 toughness · edict	90	40	14	3	0	0	20%
	instant	destroy	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
	instant	destroy	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
	saga	edict	opponent chooses
	sorcery	−X toughness	depends on the board
	activated	−4 toughness	100	100	100	91	76	25	88%
0	activated	2 damage	100	85	49	18	6	6	46%
	instant	X damage	depends on the board
	sorcery	4 damage · conditional	100	100	100	91	76	25	88%
	triggered	1 damage	90	40	14	3	0	0	20%
	instant	destroy artifact	not creatures
	sorcery	3 damage	100	98	92	67	35	13	75%
	instant	unclassified	unclassified
	instant	3 damage	100	98	92	67	35	13	75%
	saga	4 damage · opponent's only · edict	100	100	100	91	76	25	88%
	on entering	2 damage	100	85	49	18	6	6	46%
	instant	6 damage · destroy land	100	100	100	100	100	88	99%
	on entering	1 damage · one-sided	90	40	14	3	0	0	20%
	instant	destroy artifact or enchantment	not creatures
	sorcery	fight · at power 3	100	98	92	67	35	13	75%
	saga	fight · at power 3	100	98	92	67	35	13	75%
	instant	sacrifice artifact	not creatures
	activated	2 damage	100	85	49	18	6	6	46%
	activated	destroy artifact or enchantment	not creatures
	sorcery	unclassified	unclassified
	on entering	exile · repeatable	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
	activated	destroy · any permanent	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
	on entering	destroy · non-Artifact	50	78	84	85	76	81	79%

Color	common	uncommon	rare & mythic	All	Mean coverage
	3 · 66%	4 · 100%		7	83%
	3 · 100%	1 · 100%	2 · 45%	6	82%
	2 · 73%	6 · 49%	2 · 88%	10	60%
	5 · 77%	5 · 40%	2 · 88%	12	62%
	2 · 75%	2 · 75%		4	75%
Multi		2 · 46%	2 · 100%	4	73%
Colorless			2 · 90%	2	90%